“It’s taken a long time to get there.
““I put myself through conversion therapy because I didn’t wanna be gay.
And I really struggled and struggled and struggled with it.

Steve Cardenas, David Yost, and Catherine Sutherland in ‘Power Rangers: Once & Always’.Hasbro/eOne
But the franchise, he adds, has always worked to emphasize diversity.
It’d be like, ‘I can be that.
I can do that.

Amy Jo Johnson, Thuy Trang, Austin St. John, Walter Emanuel Jones, and David Yost on ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’.
I can be just like him.’
The confidence that it gave people, I think, was amazing.”
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Alwaysis streaming now on Netflix.